12-29 NWR VFD just days away

12-29 NWR VFD just days away

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Northwest report for Thursday, December 29 I'm David Sparks and if you’re in the cattle business in the Northwest, your life which was about to get a lot harder, is now going to be a lot easier. In preparation for the final Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) implementation on January 1, 2017, Zoetis joins GlobalVetLINK to ensure that all label information and instructions for Zoetis products requiring a VFD will be accurate and complete. Here is Cliff Smith,Chief Executive Officer of GlobalVetLINK: ““This is another way we at Zoetis are supporting our livestock customers in their responsible use of antibiotics,” said Kristin Peck, Executive Vice President and President, U.S. Operations at Zoetis. “We know producers and veterinarians are working diligently to comply with the new VFD regulations by the end of this year, and FeedLINK can help them ensure they use antibiotics responsibly to treat disease and improve the health of their animals.” 

 

FeedLINK web-based VFD system provides a tool for veterinarians, feed distributors and clients/producers to manage VFDs, while enabling compliance with the Veterinary Feed Directive. FeedLINK’s digital technology and secure cloud-based storage method are 21 CFR Part 11 compliant.Working one-on-one with animal health companies like Zoetis, versus a compendium approach, helps ensure that drug label information in GVL’s FeedLINK VFD solution is complete and accurate.The digital compliance solution for VFDs not only offers the veterinarian, feed distributor and producer a simple-to-use system, but also a system that is 21 CFR Part 11 compliant for digital signatures and electronic data storage.”

 

 

Elsewhere, and to our chagrin in the Northwest where we were hoping Idaho Gov. Butch Otter was a front runner for Sec. of Agriculture agri-pulse.com is telling us there's another name in the mix for the job. Former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado was scheduled to talk to Trump about the job yesterday. Trump was also to interview Elsa Murano, the ex-USDA official and former president of Texas A&M University

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